CAracas believes that the position of these governments, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay, “undermines national sovereignty” and has requested that its diplomats leave the countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed in a statement.
“Venezuela reserves all legal and political actions to respect, preserve and defend our inalienable right to self-determination,” the Chavista government also stressed, guaranteeing that it will “confront all actions that threaten the climate of peace and coexistence.”
The Venezuelan executive also expressed “its firmest rejection of the meddling actions and statements of a group of right-wing governments, subordinate to Washington and openly committed to the most sordid ideological postulates of international fascism, (…) who try to ignore the election results.”
The National Electoral Council (CNE) officially proclaimed Maduro president today, after announcing on Sunday night that the Chavista, in power since 2013, won the elections with 51.2% of the votes.
Maduro obtained 5.15 million votes, ahead of opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who obtained just under 4.5 million votes (44.2%), according to the official figures announced.
Several countries have already congratulated Maduro on his victory, such as Russia, Nicaragua, Cuba, China and Iran, but other states in the international community, and recognized as democratic, have shown great concern about the transparency of the elections in Venezuela.
This was the case in Portugal, Spain and the United States.
Nine Latin American countries – Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay – today called for a “complete review” of the election results in Venezuela, a country with a significant community of Portuguese and Portuguese descendants.
The non-governmental organization (NGO) Human Rights Watch (HRW) today urged governments not to recognize the results of the Venezuelan elections “until all electoral records are made public and communicated to the opposition.”
HRW’s Americas director, Juanita Goebertus, highlighted that Maduro’s proclamation of victory “is a shameful move that attacks the political rights of all Venezuelans,” according to a statement sent to the Efe news agency.
Dozens of Venezuelan soldiers today launched tear gas bombs at citizens who took to the streets in Caracas to protest the proclamation of Maduro’s electoral victory.
After walking about 10 kilometers through the east of the Venezuelan capital, the thousands of protesters reached a point next to the main highway, where members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, Militarized Police) and the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) prevented the march from continuing, reported the Efe agency, adding that the protests and mobilization of people continue in several points of Caracas.
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